From 021eb8c95a59c6e89814ddeb614d0fc6de770513 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blampey Quentin <quentin.blampey@centralesupelec.fr>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:25:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added a spatialdata-io mirror

---
 src/spatialdata/__init__.py   |  1 +
 src/spatialdata/_accessors.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/spatialdata/_accessors.py

diff --git a/src/spatialdata/__init__.py b/src/spatialdata/__init__.py
index 8b0664aba..dbe0dcbed 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata/__init__.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata/__init__.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 ]
 
 from spatialdata import dataloader, datasets, models, transformations
+from spatialdata._accessors import io
 from spatialdata._core._deepcopy import deepcopy
 from spatialdata._core.centroids import get_centroids
 from spatialdata._core.concatenate import concatenate
diff --git a/src/spatialdata/_accessors.py b/src/spatialdata/_accessors.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff402a9cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/spatialdata/_accessors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import types
+
+try:
+    import spatialdata_io as io
+except ImportError:
+
+    io = types.ModuleType("spatialdata_io")
+
+    def _raise_install_spatialdata_io() -> None:
+        raise AttributeError(
+            "To use readers, `spatialdata_io` must be installed, e.g. via `pip install spatialdata-io`."
+        )
+
+    io.__getattr__ = lambda *_: _raise_install_spatialdata_io()
+
+__all__ = ["io"]

From aa6f40e2e14c657108dafb3578e0f65ed652af2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca Marconato <m.lucalmer@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 13:01:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] removed io acessor, using io package

---
 src/spatialdata/__init__.py          |  1 -
 src/spatialdata/_accessors.py        | 16 ----------------
 src/spatialdata/_bridges/__init__.py |  0
 src/spatialdata/io/__init__.py       |  9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/spatialdata/_accessors.py
 create mode 100644 src/spatialdata/_bridges/__init__.py
 create mode 100644 src/spatialdata/io/__init__.py

diff --git a/src/spatialdata/__init__.py b/src/spatialdata/__init__.py
index 7df417d4a..598660597 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata/__init__.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata/__init__.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 ]
 
 from spatialdata import dataloader, datasets, models, transformations
-from spatialdata._accessors import io
 from spatialdata._core._deepcopy import deepcopy
 from spatialdata._core.centroids import get_centroids
 from spatialdata._core.concatenate import concatenate
diff --git a/src/spatialdata/_accessors.py b/src/spatialdata/_accessors.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ff402a9cf..000000000
--- a/src/spatialdata/_accessors.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import types
-
-try:
-    import spatialdata_io as io
-except ImportError:
-
-    io = types.ModuleType("spatialdata_io")
-
-    def _raise_install_spatialdata_io() -> None:
-        raise AttributeError(
-            "To use readers, `spatialdata_io` must be installed, e.g. via `pip install spatialdata-io`."
-        )
-
-    io.__getattr__ = lambda *_: _raise_install_spatialdata_io()
-
-__all__ = ["io"]
diff --git a/src/spatialdata/_bridges/__init__.py b/src/spatialdata/_bridges/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/spatialdata/io/__init__.py b/src/spatialdata/io/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a23181cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/spatialdata/io/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""Experimental bridge to the spatialdata_io package."""
+
+try:
+    from spatialdata_io import *  # noqa: F403
+except ImportError as e:
+    raise ImportError(
+        "To access spatialdata.io, `spatialdata_io` must be installed, e.g. via `pip install spatialdata-io`. "
+        f"Original exception: {e}"
+    ) from e